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Open access notables Unveiling Unprecedented Methane Hotspots in Chinas Leading Coal Production Hub: A Satellite Mapping Revelation, Han et al., Geophysical Research Letters:

Open access notables How much storage do we need in a fully electrified future? A critical review of the assumptions on which this question depends, Marsden et al., Energy Research & Social Science:

Mathematics is the Language of Science

Open access notables Ice acceleration and rotation in the Greenland Ice Sheet interior in recent decades, Løkkegaard et al., Communications Earth & Environment:

Open access notables Glacial isostatic adjustment reduces past and future Arctic subsea permafrost, Creel et al., Nature Communications:

Open access notables A survey of interventions to actively conserve the frozen North, van Wijngaarden et al., Climatic Change:

By Andy May Many viewers of Climate: The Movie have asked for more information on the topics discussed. In response, I selected the following 70 key statements from the movie and provide references and context for the statements here. Sometimes the statements are slightly paraphrased from what was said for brevity. The statements are listed…

Open access notables 300 years of sclerosponge thermometry shows global warming has exceeded 1.5 °C, McCulloch et al., Nature Climate Change: 

Researchers have discovered a 33,000-foot-wide (10 kilometers) underwater canyon that was carved out of the Mediterranean seabed shortly before the sea dried up around 6 million years ago.

Open access notables Evidence of human influence on Northern Hemisphere snow loss, Gottlieb & Mankin, Nature: